62. Being a teenager.

Mia.

As soon as the car stops, I rushed out of the car and into the house with Fury, I see Ms. Elena sitting at the lounge and even though I would normally go to her and greet her while we joke around about school and what not, I just was not in that sort of mood today. Instead, I ignore her without as much as a greeting.I know that I was been really rude at the moment but I just did not seem to care, my temper could just not be tamed.

“I don’t know what is wrong with her, it’s like some kind of witch possesses her to act like that sometimes.” I overheard Diego say to Ms. Elena and my head snaps in the direction of his voice only to see him hugging our nanny while sobbing quietly like a drama queen that he is.

The sight angered me even more and I almost screamed, I saw Camila coming into the lounge at the same time that Mrs. Cali and some maids did but I simply proceeded to brush past Camila with no greeting or recognition whatsoever, every thing annoyed me so much that I could not even describe it.

“Just let her be, guys. That is what being a teenager does to you, when you hit puberty and start dealing with various new female hormones, things like this happen.” I heard Camila say but I ignored.

“I do not remember you being like that when you were a teenager though, it’s kind of foreign to me even though I raised a teenage daughter too.” Mrs Cali added and it all seemed like they had planned some sort of meeting over me and were now ganging on me so I flared up before I could control myself.

“Oh really? You are now all castigating against me like I am some kind of wild animal? I get castigated against in school and the same thing happens at home, you all like to act like you actually care about me or something when it is very obvious that you are all just trying so hard to put up with me! It’s tough to be a teenager, no one really knows what the pressure is like in school or even here at home, I wake up every morning, and stare into this face, I wanna be good looking, but I feel like a disgrace every time. I wish I did not freeze up every time a boy tries to be nice or flirt with me, I wish people does not look at me whenever I emerge like I am someone who belongs in an asylum and not with them. It seems like everyone I know is trying to be so cool and every time I try, I end up just a fool, but for some reason you all think I am just an overreacting bitch, don’t you?” I yell and the whole room went silent, well, until Ms. Elena interjected.

“Oh my God, Mia, are you okay? You are not still getting bullied by those girls are you? You need to speak to me so that I can help, so that we as a family and a pack can help, keeping it all bottled in is going to do more harm than good, it is all going to be fine, Mia, please, I want you to be happy so talk-”

I had to just cut her off because her pity party and her trying so hard to act like she really wanted to connect with me or like she understood me was getting way too much and very annoying.

“Oh, please, Elena! You are have no right to keep acting like you understand me best while giving me that pitiful look like I am some homeless puppy or kitten that you found on the road. And stop trying so hard either, you are so not my mom!” I snapped and that elicited a lot of gasps and shocking looks from people in the room and I rolled my eyes.

They always say ‘I want you to be happy.’ They say it like it is so easy, like them wanting it automatically equals to me having it. I mean, do they really think I do not want to be happy too?

I obviously do, but the people in this world just hates me, not just people, everything and anything! I try and try and try but I am always just let go of. Ms. Elena is being herself and trying to cheer me up, but she does not understand me, neither do dad or even anyone at that. No one does. No one ever will.

At some point, I just want to let go and close my eyes and never open them back up. Why do I have to be so ugly, worthless, depressed? I don't know why I even try because every time I do, I lose. I'm the one in any group that no one really cares about. The one that gets left out all the time. So explain to me if we are a family and a pack, then why do I get treated like this and none of my so called family succeed in stopping it? Why do have to live like this? Why do I feel like a looser every time, like I am just not getting best out of life that I am supposed to be getting. Is the universe just against me or what? Do I not deserve to be a normal teenager?

Even though I know that I can not blame anyone for the way my soul turned against me, I still cannot bring myself to accept that fact because it all felt like they are tired of me already to. And if people outside are tired of me and they are also fed up with me while I am at the same time done with myself too then, who really cared about me? Would I have to go to where my mom went to just to get that love and feel like myself again? To find the reason why I turned out the way I did?

Ignoring them all, the murmurs and then the battles within me, I bypassed Ms. Elena while making sure that our shoulders collided a bit and then I made way for the stairs to my room. On getting to the top of the stairs, I met Ms. Sofia at the end of it looking at me with a look of disappointment and what not, like I give a damn about what she thinks. I try to bypass her also, I was just so done with all of this drama and I just want to go into my room and collapse onto my bed so I could cry my eyes out in private as much as I wanted. But then, Ms. Sofia kept blocking my way to freedom.

“You were way out of line, Mia and before you can go into your room, you are going to apologize to everyone here like you should.” She said and it made me scoff loudly, “and what are going to do to me if I don’t?” I taunted her.

“Well, you are going to have to get grounded, young lady.” She said sternly and I laughed, like really, laugh.

“You can do that, who cares, I love being in my room and away from all of you people anyways, that’s not a punishment but a reward.” I replied and her eyebrows twitched, it was obvious that I was pushing her over the edge.

“Not just that, Mia, you will also get all of your gadgets taken away from you!” She added and then I laugh again, hysterically this time.

“And who are you to even dare to do that to me? Oh my God, you must think you are the Luna of this pack, don’t you? Just because you have been going on and about, trying so hard to make my dad notice you and maybe get married to you, you think you can now act like you are my mom too? Well, Ms Sofia, I need you to burst that bubble of yours and come to reality, because you can try so hard as you can, but my dad will never be with you, you are just a slut who is trying so hard to get into his pants and-”

I was shocked at what happened next as I heard a loud smack and a hard blow to my face, I even staggered at the effect, when I heard gasps, I looked around wondering if anyone was watching this exchange between us but no one was, they were only listening in.

Ms. Sofia had just dared to slap me, again. But this time, I was not just going to leave it to my dad who did absolutely nothing the last time, there was absolutely no way that I would let her get away with it this time too. Absolutely not!

So I rushed at her to give her a taste of her own medicine but she was stronger than I was and she kept dodging, I did not know any other defence or attack so I bit her hand with all of the strength in me, combining my wolf’s too, she pushed me away with anger and before I knew what was happening, I was rolling down the stairs and then my world went dark.